Hi All,

We need to get some 35mm negatives into the digital domain in a hurry (Father in laws funeral coming up!) Either operating a machine ourselves, or having it done.

I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots, Jessops, etc.

Could someone confirm this is the case?

TIA

Chris

cpvh wrote:

I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots, Jessops, etc.

I think they expect memory sticks.

Could someone confirm this is the case?

bootsphoto.com just seems to be re-selling snapfish.co.uk printing (not
scanning) services.

Jessops do it by a service where they send you a box, you send it back
with slides/negatives etc in it, they scan and send it back, so doesn't
sound suitable for a hurry - looks like this is probably outsourced to
photolegacy.com

On 17/12/2017 19:04, wrote:
Hi All,

We need to get some 35mm negatives into the digital domain in a hurry (Father in laws funeral coming up!) Either operating a machine ourselves, or having it done.

I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots, Jessops, etc.

Could someone confirm this is the case?

TIA

Chris

Google for a local photographic society / club. May be one on FB. Ask
nicely explaining the circumstances and someone will almost certainly
oblige for, at most, a few beer tokens. Assuming it is a sensible number
of images.

On 17/12/17 19:46, newshound wrote:
On 17/12/2017 19:04, wrote:
Hi All,

We need to get some 35mm negatives into the digital domain in a hurry
(Father in laws funeral coming up!) Either operating a machine
ourselves, or having it done.

I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in
Boots, Jessops, etc.

Could someone confirm this is the case?

TIA

Chris

Google for a local photographic society / club. May be one on FB. Ask
nicely explaining the circumstances and someone will almost certainly
oblige for, at most, a few beer tokens. Assuming it is a sensible number
of images.

Definitely the best suggestion from Chris, IMO. Not only putting it in
the hands of someone who probably knows what they are doing but also
inexpensive, involving the community of which I imagine your F-I-L was a
part and, just as important IMO, relieving you of yet another task at a
time when you have more than enough to do.

If that doesn't work out, Amazon sell photo scanners from forty quid to
nearly two hundred. The cheap one ought to be good enough for a
powerpoint stylee presentation but you need to spend the money if you
want archive quality results.

Hope this helps.

Nick

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 11:04:38 -0800, cpvh wrote:

We need to get some 35mm negatives into the digital domain in a hurry
(Father in laws funeral coming up!) Either operating a machine
ourselves, or having it done.

I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots,
Jessops, etc.
Could someone confirm this is the case?

It isnt, it's a specialist service that they may be able to do if they
send the negs off.

Where are you?
Lots of people have film scanners, and may be able to help you out.

On 17/12/2017 19:04, wrote:
Hi All,

We need to get some 35mm negatives into the digital domain in a hurry (Father in laws funeral coming up!) Either operating a machine ourselves, or having it done.

I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots, Jessops, etc.

Could someone confirm this is the case?

I have a scanner that will do negs. There must be thousands of them
about. Have you tried your local newsgroup?

Andy

On Sunday, 17 December 2017 19:04:41 UTC, wrote:
I assume its possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots,
Jessops, etc. Could someone confirm this is the case?


Tesco say they do in-store slide scanning (may vary by store)
https://www.tescophoto.com/stores_info.aspx

Your local library or council archives may also be able to help.

Owain

I mourn the days when even quite cheap scanners had a slide and negative
scanner on them, with software to change the colours. I guess i don't need
that function nowadays, but others would so I'm surprised nobody just offers
it. its not rocket science, after all.
As a matter of interest though how do they know not to scan stuff in mirror
image?
Brian

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cpvh wrote:

I assume it's possible to scan from negatives on the machines in Boots,
Jessops, etc.

I think they expect memory sticks.

Could someone confirm this is the case?

bootsphoto.com just seems to be re-selling snapfish.co.uk printing (not
scanning) services.

Jessops do it by a service where they send you a box, you send it back
with slides/negatives etc in it, they scan and send it back, so doesn't
sound suitable for a hurry - looks like this is probably outsourced to
photolegacy.com

Thanks All,

I suggested getting professionals involved, but my wife has found a YouTube tutorial...,,

Scan with standard HO scanner, then invert & tinker in Photoslop.

On 18/12/2017 09:57, wrote:
Thanks All,

I suggested getting professionals involved, but my wife has found a YouTube tutorial...,,

Scan with standard HO scanner, then invert & tinker in Photoslop.


If you are in West Sussex, then Whitbys in Chichester have a
slide scanner in their shop.

On 18/12/2017 09:30, Brian Gaff wrote:
As a matter of interest though how do they know not to scan stuff in mirror
image?

It's just a case of having to put the negative in the right way, i.e.
emulsion side up.

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On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:46:43 +0000, Mike Clarke wrote:

On 18/12/2017 09:30, Brian Gaff wrote:
As a matter of interest though how do they know not to scan stuff in
mirror
image?

It's just a case of having to put the negative in the right way, i.e.
emulsion side up.

Yes, my wife has been doing a lot of them recently with a good scanner.

I second that emulsion.

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On Monday, 18 December 2017 15:54:20 UTC, Bob Eager wrote:
I second that emulsion.

If you don't have photoslop, can you use paint?

On 18/12/2017 17:50, wrote:
On Monday, 18 December 2017 15:54:20 UTC, Bob Eager wrote:
I second that emulsion.

If you don't have photoslop, can you use paint?

Irfanview is pretty good for fiddling with colours. And it's both free
and portable...

Andy

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On 18/12/2017 17:50, wrote:
On Monday, 18 December 2017 15:54:20 UTC, Bob Eager wrote:
I second that emulsion.

If you don't have photoslop, can you use paint?

Irfanview is pretty good for fiddling with colours. And it's both free and
portable...

Andy

Faststone is a lot better and free
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

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